Brain Training Apps to Keep Your Noggin Sharp
Some people have insanely good memories. They can tell a story from decades ago like it just happened yesterday. But then there are those who unfortunately suffer from a form of dementia where they…
Weekly Big Data Review: Google Dumps Oracle, Cookies
In the latest blow to Oracle’s market dominance, Google has made the decision to migrate its database environment from MySQL to MariaDB, a community-developed fork that was created in response to Oracle’s acquisition of…
Weekly Cloud Review: Services and Partnerships
Cloud providers are forging unusual alliances to stay ahead of the curve. Raising eyebrows, CRM giant Salesforce and HR management specialist Workday recently joined forces to “standardize” each other’s cloud services. Under the agreement,…
Busy Week for Zscaler – IPO News and New Cloud APT Product
On the heels of a major industry first, cyber security firm Zscaler has bumped up their IPO plans up by six months after the success today’s FireEye IPO. FireEye exploded in its first day of…
Lovotics and the Possibility of Falling In Love With Robots Someday
By Cherr Aira
Robots can trick humans to loving them. This is what Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) researchers discovered recently according to The New York Times. Given the proper stimulus and behavior, humans are able to form relationships…
Feedly Opens APIs for Developers to Create Third-Party Applications
By Saroj Kar
Since the closure of Google Reader in early July, Feedly has become the industry leader of RSS feeds. In late May, well before the end of Reader, Feedly had over 12 million registered users,…
RightScale Extends Cloud Management Platform with SDN Capabilities
Management complexity is a major pain point for enterprises that want a choice between different cloud providers. Luckily, a company called RightScale offers to simplify multi-service environments with a common interface for provisioning resources…
Pure Storage and Delphix Prove (Once Again) that Flash is More Effective than Disk
All-flash array vendor Pure Storage has teamed up with database virtualization firm Delphix to demonstrate that flash is not only faster than disk, but also more cost-efficient across the board. To prove their point,…
Your Guide to Oracle OpenWorld 2013 | #oow13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013 is kicking off on September 22, 2013 and will run through until Thursday, September 26 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. Our premier broadcast program theCUBE will be there,…
SmartWorld Weekly: Connected Toilets, Tracking X-Treme Sports + More
If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world. Each week, we round up the best of apps and services for…